Compassionizer "An Ambassador in Bonds"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Experimental, Chamber, Avant Prog
Label: ArtBeat
Format: digital
Release date: October 1, 2021
Tracklist

1. Follow After Meekness (8:15) 

2. Different Sides Of Ascension (3:54) 

3. Caress Of Compassion (Part 4) (3:35) 

4. The Man That Sitteth Not In The Seat Of The Scornful (3:34) 

5. An Ambassador In Bonds (Part 1) (5:00) 

6. An Ambassador In Bonds (Part 2) (3:05) 

7. I Am Sitting On The Pier (3:12) 

8. Hard-Won Humility (7:17) 

9. An Ambassador In Bonds (Part 3) (4:10) 

10. Bear Ye One Another's Burdens (13:20) 

Total Time 55:22

Line-up

Bayun the Cat – synth bass, tbilat, cowbell (1)

Serghei Liubcenco – electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, rubab, doira, other percussion and drums

Leonid Perevalov – bass clarinets, some clarinets (5) and (8)

Ivan Rozmainsky (Roz Vitalis) – harpsichord, Arturia MiniBrute, other synths, bell (3)

AndRey Stefinoff – all clarinets except some clarinets (5) and (8)

    With

Oleg Prilutsky – trumpets

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RMP "I Am a Stranger in the Earth"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: ArtBeat
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 21, 2020 (digital)
Tracklist: 

1. I Am A Stranger In The Earth (3:46) 

2. For The Sun Of Righteousness (2:52) 

3. On A Factory Of Broken Dreams. (7:20) 

4. Steps. Loneliness In The CrowD. (3:44) 

5. Something HappeneD To My Heart. (6:43) 

6. Blot Out All Mine Iniquities (3:06) 

7. Loss Of Watchfulness (2:38) 

8. Uphold Me With Thy Free Spirit (3:18) 

9. In Forest. А Matter Of ChoicE (5:00) 

10. Strange Area. Something's Wrong Here (6:37) 

11. Summer Haze. Lazy Dreams (3:35) 

12. Night Flight. Еxperience Of LevitatioN (5:15) 

13. X-Mas Child. Innocence And ExperiencE (3:10) 

14. Do Not Postpone For Later (3:04) 

Total Time 60:08

Line-up: 

Yurii Groiser – drums

Max Lokosov – bass

Vladimir Mikhaylov – guitars, percussion, drill, samples

Leonid Perevalov – bass clarinets, clarinets

Ivan Rozmainsky (Roz Vitalis) – keyboards

   With:

Dmitry Chichagov – additional keyboards [1], [9], [10], [13]

Anastasia Mikhaylova - voices

Philip Semenov – drums [9]

Ruslan Sobinin – melodica, acoustic guitar [10], additional electric guitar [9], bass [1]

Ksenia Vaganova – violin

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Compassionizer "Caress of Compassion"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Experimental, Chamber, Avant Prog
Label: ArtBeat
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 18, 2020
Tracklist: 

1. The Whole Creation Travaileth In Pain Together (7:16) 

2. Street Out Of Sleep (3:22) 

3. How Poems Lose Relevance (4:15) 

4. Caress Of Compassion, Pt. 1 (3:22) 

5. Beware Of Evil Workers (3:47) 

6. Heart To Heart Talk (4:04) 

7. Sinkhole (3:30) 

8. Caress Of Compassion, Pt. 2 (2:13) 

9. 1 (5:14) 

10. When It Is Too Late To Love (3:06) 

11. My Soul As A Thirsty Land (5:13) 

12. Caress Of Compassion, Pt. 3 (3:04) 

Total Time 48:26

Line-up: 

Serghei Liubcenco – guitar, doira, rubab, recording

Lyonka Perevalov – bass clarinets, clarinets, recording

Ivan Rozmainsky (Roz Vitalis) – conception, keyboards, percussion

   With

Natalia Fyodorova - gusli

Yurii Groiser (Caput Mortum) – drums, programming

Stanislava Malakhovskaya – harp

Oleg Prilutsky - trumpet

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Enine "The Great Silent"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: February 15, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Welcome To The Monochrome (0:59)
2. The Curse Of Dr. Caligari (4:00)
3. The Light Of Metropolis (3:54)
4. Workers (5:54)
5. Frankenstein (4:37)
6. Nosferatu (The Great Vampire) (16:35)
7. Waiting For... (6:18)
8. ...the Colour (0:43)

Total Time 43:00

Line-up: 
Vladimir Mikhailov - guitar
Ilya Frolov - keyboards
Vladimir Nikonov - drums, jaw harp
Vladimir Kosygin - bass, shamanic drum, voices
Stanislav Tregubov - flute, djembe

Description/Reviews: 

The album was conceived as a soundtrack to classical silent films "Metropolis" (1927), "Frankenstein" (1910) and "Nosferatu" (1922). 

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Lunar Cape "Lunar Folk Tales"/ Мыс Луны "Лунные Народные Сказки" (instrumental version)

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Folk, World Music, Ethnic
Label: ArtBeat Music ‎– AB-CD-01-2018-128
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 1, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. History Of The Moon (2:43)
2. Nymph Syrinx Amidst The Stars (5:37)
3. Doughball's Travels (3:56)
4. Old Man Srawley And Wood Goblin (5:10)
5. Blacksmith (2:55)
6. Who Brought The Berries? (6:15)
7. Greedy Cousin Leprechaun (4:29)
8. What The Peacock Is Silent About (Oriental) (7:34)

Total Time 38:39

Line-up: 
Olga Scotland – flute, recorders, tin whistle, mandolin, spring drum, sound effects, VSTi
Andrey Shashkov – bass guitar, basso recorder, vocals
Roman Smirnov – guitars, washboard old school custom, vocals
    With:
Paul Bulak – keyboards (3)
Grigory Shelehov – drums (3, 7)
Alexander Koval – drums (4, 8)
Shahid Rashid – vocals (8)

Description/Reviews: 

In January 2018 the russian music label ArtBeat Music  launched the release of the second album by the “Lunar Cape” instrumental band  – “Lunar Folk Tales”. The album will contain three versions – instrumental, Russian-language and English-language. Currently the band introduces its first part – instrumental.

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Lunar Cape "Lunar Folk Tales"/ Мыс Луны "Лунные Народные Сказки" (instrumental version)

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Folk, World Music, Ethnic
Label: ArtBeat Music ‎– AB-CD-01-2018-128
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 1, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. History Of The Moon (2:43)
2. Nymph Syrinx Amidst The Stars (5:37)
3. Doughball's Travels (3:56)
4. Old Man Srawley And Wood Goblin (5:10)
5. Blacksmith (2:55)
6. Who Brought The Berries? (6:15)
7. Greedy Cousin Leprechaun (4:29)
8. What The Peacock Is Silent About (Oriental) (7:34)

Total Time 38:39

Line-up: 
Olga Scotland – flute, recorders, tin whistle, mandolin, spring drum, sound effects, VSTi
Andrey Shashkov – bass guitar, basso recorder, vocals
Roman Smirnov – guitars, washboard old school custom, vocals
    With:
Paul Bulak – keyboards (3)
Grigory Shelehov – drums (3, 7)
Alexander Koval – drums (4, 8)
Shahid Rashid – vocals (8)

Description/Reviews: 

In January 2018 the russian music label ArtBeat Music  launched the release of the second album by the “Lunar Cape” instrumental band  – “Lunar Folk Tales”. The album will contain three versions – instrumental, Russian-language and English-language. Currently the band introduces its first part – instrumental.

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RMP "For the Light"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: ArtBeat (ab-cd-07-2017-121)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: October 01, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Wounded By The Lack Of Light. (2:16)
2. Keep No Thou Silence. (2:56)
3. A Dedication To The Floydian Sun. (4:00)
4. Create In Me A Clean Heart. (4:41)
5. The Thing In The Light. (3:14)
6. Dancing Through The Twilight. (3:05)
7. Delivered From The Snare Of The Fowler. (3:54)
8. Irish Shine. (2:51)
9. Coming Of The Troubled Waters. (5:48)
10. A Flower In The Smoke. (4:42)
11. For The Light. (10:35)

Total Time 48:02

Line-up: 
Yurii Groiser - drums
Vladimir Mikhaylov - guitar, bass, drill (2)
Leonid Perevalov - bass clarinets and clarinets
Ivan Rozmainsky (Roz Vitalis) - klaviphon (5, 6), Virus TI2 (3,7,11) and other keyboards
    With
Natalia Fyodorova - gusli
Anastasia Mikhaylova - voices

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Ascorbic Acid "People"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: ArtBeat (AB-CD-12-2016-111)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 28, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Vasily Shukshin (7:46)
2. Spider (6:34)
3. Maiden (4:48)
4. El Capo (6:39)
5. Window (2016 Version) (4:10)
6. DOB Dream (8:53)
7. The Return Of Odysseus (9:48)

Total time 48:38

Line-up: 
Dmitry 'JackBrown' Shishkin - Electric Violin
Krishna Radogor - Saxophone
Sergey Lobzhanidze - Bass
Dmitry Losev - Drums

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The Gourishankar "The World Unreal"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: ArtBeat
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 1, 2015 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. Intro-Fate (2:03)
2. Order and Chaos (5:30)
3. First Rush (5:01)
4. Let It Go (4:11)
5. Place for Everything (4:45)
6. Heartland (5:53)
7. Truth Stays Silent (12:00)
8. World Unreal (4:40)
9. Time Follows (5:48)
10. Pleasure and Suffering, Pt. 1 (5:43)
11. Pleasure and Suffering, Pt. 2 (5:22)

Total Time 60:56

Line-up: 
Nomy Agranson - guitars, bass, keyboards, synths and programming, mandolin
Jason Offen - lead vocals
Svetoslav Bogdanov - drums, percussion
   With
Evgeniy Ryabashev - violins (7, 8)
Leonid Nesterov - trumpets (3, 7, 10, 11)
Alena Sergeeva - classical vocals  (7, 10, 11)
Darina Popova - atmospheric female voice (1)
Maria Domashenko - space backing vocals (2)
Anna Popova - ethnic komi vocals (2)
Sergey Fedorov - backing vocals (2)
Ivan Tropnikov - backing vocals  (9)
Arseniy Kadanev - childrens voices (10, 11)

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Pandora Snail "Война и мир (War And Peace)"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion, Neo-Classical
Label: ArtBeat
Format: CD, digital
Release date: February 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Дилемма / Dilemma
2. У берега горной реки / By the Mountain River
3. Догнать ветер / To Catch the Wind
4. Субмарина / Submarine
5. Джеймс Понт / James Pont
6. Слезы матери / Mother’s Tears
7. Красные реки / Red Rivers
8. Имена камней / Stones’ Names
9. Танец под пулями / Dance under the bullets
10. После войны / After the War
11. Сатори / Satori

Line-up: 
Ulyana Gor - keyboards, vocals
Oleg Gorgadze - guitar, electric guitar, noises, vocals
Kirill Klyushin - bass guitar, contrabass
Artem Garejev - violin
Igor Cheridnik - drums, percussion
   With
Yanina Podrezova, Demyan Titov, Yulia Alexandrova, Nikita Sokolov - noises

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Big Second "Big Second"

Country: Ukraine
Sub Genre: Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: ArtBeat
Release date: February 2014
Tracklist: 
1 Synopsis 4:53
2 Neotroubadours 3:40
3 Kosmorama 3:50
4 Waiting For Response 2:05
5 Ocean Silence 5:55
6 Impressio 2:51
7 Colloquium 3:14
8 Kaleidophone 6:56
9 Dada-Holiday 3:46
10 Mystery 7:06 (bonus)
11 Soup 6:38 (bonus)

Line-up: 
Sergey Radzetckiy – Bass Guitar, Classical Guitar, Keyboards, Drum Programming
Dmitriy Radzetckiy – Electric Guitar, Drum Programming
   With
Tony Levin – Chapman Stick, vocals (11)
Markus Reuter – touch guitar (11)
Pat Mastelotto – drums, vocals (11)

Description/Reviews: 

A guitar duet by brothers Dmitriy and Sergey Radzetckiy. The main idea of the project is using only and exclusively guitars in order to achieve the maximum intensity of thte musical sound. The Radzetsky brothers have graduated from the conservatory, they have as well won the international contests for performers and composers.

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Introspective F.M. "Introspective F.M."

Country: Russia
Sub Genre: Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: ArtBeat
Release date: February 2014

Tracklist: 

1. 4:35 / 4:35
2. Разговор под снегом / Talk Under the Snow
3. Миф о Сизифе / The Myth of Sysiphus 
4. Небесное море / Heavenly Sea 
5. Сквозь шторм / Through the Storm
6. Последние сто лет / The Last Hundred Years
7. Молния во тьме пустоты / Lighting in the Darkness of Void
8. Я не вернусь / I Will Not Return
9. Звездное небо / Starry Sky

Line-up: 
Alexey Evlanov  - guitars, keyboards
Vasiliy Shunikov - guitars, keyboards
Artem Nikolajev - bass
Sergey Zaitsev - drums

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Alexey Kozlov and Arsenal "Mindstream"

Country: Russia
Sub Genre: Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: ArtBeat
Release date: December, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Нектар лотоса / Nectar (8:40)
2. Ай-синдром / Ay-Sindrome (5:43)
3. Алайский базар / Alay Bazaar (8:00)
4. Уходящая натура / Vanishing Cast (4:08)
5. Последний взгляд / Last Glance (12:57)
6. Позавчера / Day Before Yesterday (3:05)
7. Трэйн самба / Trane Samba (5:00)
8. Накануне грядущего / On The Eve Of The Coming (8:17)
9. Невидимая тень / Invisible Shadow (4:13)
10. Вальс Лиги Плюща / Ivy League Waltz (4:48)
11. Поток сознания / Mind Stream (incl. the poem "The Fly" by N. Oleinikov and the song "Do Not Know" by G. Vars - F. Refren) (10:45)

Line-up: 
Alexey Kozlov - saxophone, synthesizers, voice (11), vocals (11)
Yury Pogiba - piano and keyboards
Sergey Slobodin - bass
Eduard Petrukhin - drums and percussion
   With
Vadim Akhmet-Gareev: trombone (5)
Alexey Batychenko: flugelhorn (8 - 10)
Vladimir Goloukhov: vibraphone (2, 4, 5, 10)
Pavel Chekmakovsky: guitar (1, 7, 8, 11)
Nohr String Quartet:
- Svetlana Nohr: 1st violin (11)
- Robert Brem: 2nd violin (11)
- Olga Bulgakova: viola (11)
- Vladimir Nohr: cello (8, 11)

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Kostarev Group "Kosmobob: Vegetarian"

Country: Russia
Sub Genre: Instrumental Jazz-Rock/Fusion, Space Rock
Label: Art-Beat
Release date: September, 2012
Tracklist: 

1. Heavy Water - 6:15
2. Purgatory - 6:47
3. Hoop - 5:34
4. Euphoria - 4:31
5. Lapsha - 3:31
6. Vegetarian - 11:26
7. Whole Lotta of Patience - 5:10

Line-up: 
- Alexander Kostarev / guitar
- Ekaterina Morozova / key bass, pedal bass
- Roman Bobrovsky / drums
   with
- Gennadiy Lavrentiev / tabla (2)
- Yuri Lopuhin / flute, saxophone (on Hoop video)
- Andrey Pankratov / drums (on Hoop video)
- Gennady Lavrentiev / violin (on Hoop video)
- Nikolay Dobkin / bassoon (on Hoop video)

Description/Reviews: 

Classical music form, polyphonic texture, competing in density and complexity with Ozric Tentacles, masterly guitar parts played in shred technique, metal-double-pedal drum base, notes of ancient India sounding is Sanskrit.

 The disc released in autumn 2012 was recorded in 2000. The album compositions had been written mainly long before the 2000th (since 1977 till 1984), nevertheless they sounded newly and freshly by the time of the record. They still sound in the same manner and the reasons for it are: the time outrunning presentation of rhythmic section, timeless music language and difference from anything familiar. So, music lovers do not have similar associations, everyone finds something of his own.

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